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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hobo Station, Mississippi
- ↑ Prentiss County, Mississippi: History and Families. Turner Publishing Company. 2002. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-56311-784-8.
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